The Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia (MPPIA) is pleased to announce the 2012/13 MPPIA Short Film Award, a partnership initiative of MPPIA, British Columbia Film + Media and the Whistler Film Festival.

Established in 2007, the MPPIA Short Film Award provides one filmmaker with the opportunity to further develop his/her directing career by realizing a unique creative vision in a short film project. Applicants will be short-listed into a field of candidates who will pitch their projects at the 2012 Whistler Film Festival taking place November 28 to December 2.

The successful candidate will receive a $15,000 cash award plus services a�?in-kind’ valued up to $100,000 from across the industry, enabling the filmmaker to complete his/her project with the guidance of experienced industry professionals and support services provided by the top supply houses in British Columbia. The completed film will have its world premiere screening at the 2013 Whistler Film Festival.

Go to BC Film + Media to download application and guidelines.
Application Deadline to British Columbia Film + Media: 4:30 pm Friday, August 31.

The Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC (MPPIA) is a member-based, non-profit society established in April 2002 to grow, diversify and promote a competitive and sustainable motion picture production industry in British Columbia.

British Columbia Film + Media is a non-profit society established by the provincial government in 1987. It has the mandate to expand and diversify the film, television and digital media sector in British Columbia.

The Whistler Film Festival Society (WFFS) is a cultural charitable organization dedicated to furthering the art of film by providing programs that focus on the discovery, development and promotion of new talent culminating with a must attend festival for artists, the industry and audiences in Whistler. WFFS produces one of Canada’s leading film festivals and plays a leadership role in offering professional and project development programs for filmmakers.